Kenyan security forces said on Thursday they have rescued 16 foreigners after busting a human trafficking ring along the Marsabit-Isiolo highway in Northern Kenya. The officers from the multi-agency special operations team said six suspects, who were ferrying the foreigners aboard three vehicles were arrested during an early Wednesday operation. “The minors were being transported in three motor vehicles along the Marsabit-Isiolo highway heading towards Isiolo general direction at Ngaremara area,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a police report. According to the DCI, illegal immigrants had no relevant documents in their possession. “All the arrested aliens are…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Agricultural experts have said that foods produced using biotechnology were safe and would enable production of more foods in Nigeria owing to the increasing population and COVID-19 pandemic. The experts made the assertion at a day-three virtual media briefing of the African Green Revolution Summit 2020 with the theme: Feed the cities, Grow the Continent: Leveraging Urban Food Markets to achieve Sustainable Food System in Africa, currently holding in Kigali, Rwanda. Ms Patience Koku, Chief Executive Officer, Replenish Farms said that biotechnology would help Africa overcome the challenge in the food box. Koku said that all the…
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to address the challenges confronting maize cultivation and food sufficiency in the country. Dr Femi Oke, AFAN’s Chairman in Lagos State, who made the appeal on Thursday, was reacting to the recent approval given to four companies by the government to import maize and the release of 30,000 tons of maize from the national reserves to assist poultry feed millers. He said that lack of access to quality and hybrid seedlings, huge transportation and change in rain pattern were major challenges affecting maize production. …
Niger State House House Committee on Education, Science and Technology has said, only N58.8 million out of the N840.516 million allocated to education sector in the state’s 2019 budget was accessed by the education ministry. Malam Suleiman Gambo, Chairman of the Committee, and Member Representing Paiko Constituency, disclosed this during the presentation of a report at a plenary in Minna on Wednesday. The House had last month, mandated the committee to perform oversight function by interfacing with stakeholders; and visit affected schools to ascertain the level of dilapidation. Gambo disclosed that the committee discovered that out of…
The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Agba, has disclosed that the Federal government plans to spend $2.3 billion on the first phase of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) projects, aimed at increasing the nation’s power transmission capacity to 7,000MW. The Minister disclosed this during the Nigerian Energy Forum (NEF 2020) Webinar in Lagos, tagged “Energy Solution for Sustainable Recovery” on Thursday. According to Agba, the various interventions are grouped into phases with the near term objective being to increase the transmission capacity from the current level of just over 5,000MW to 7,000MW. “The PPI is…
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the Federal government of Nigeria is not considering any possibility of negotiations with P&ID. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and made available to Ashenewsonline on Thursday. “There will be no negotiation or talk of settlement with P&ID or any related party by or on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria. “The recent judgment of the English Commercial Court confirmed our view that…
A Nigerian, Dr Olufemi Lalude, the first Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCO, that rejected $6 million bribe has been honoured by Akinjide Adeosun Foundation, AAF. Dr. Lalude was conferred with the Foundation’s 2020 Leadership Award, during its 5th annual colloquium with the theme: “Integrity – A Sine Qua Non to Building a Prosperous Nation’’. Speaking at the event which held virtually, Mr Akinjide Adeosun, AAF’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer of St. Rachael’s Pharmaceutical Nigeria Ltd., said the recognition of Lalude is in line with the core mandate of the foundation. The…
The Protem Chairman of the newly formed North Central People’s Forum, Arc Gabriel Aduku has enumerated reasons why notable personalities in the North Central zone of Nigeria, came together to form the body. He said that in spite of the zone’s enormous solid, liquid mineral and natural endowment, commercial fishing farming and agro-allied activities as well as massive intellectual human resources, it had become a sleeping giant. Aduku made the remark on Wednesday in Abuja, at the launch of the Forum, which was attended by notable elder statesmen and elites from Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau states…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to mobilise a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the AfDB, the approval is made by the organisation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday. The approval followed a meeting of the extended Bureau of the Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s private sector on April 22 April. The meeting was chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa who is also the chairperson of the AU. The meeting called for contributions to the AU’s COVID-19…
The Jigawa state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a 40-year old Usman Isma’il, for allegedly killing his 17-month-old step son, Adamu Gambo, in Miga local government area of the state. The spokesperson, SC Adamu Shehu, confirmed in Dutse on Thursday that the suspect, a resident of Tsakuwama village, was arrested by the Command’s operatives on September 3. According to Shehu, the suspect allegedly took the deceased to a farm on August 14 and strangled him to death. “The operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Miga, arrested one Usman Sama’ila of…